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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

[Charity Event] Dixonlicious a delicious fundraiser for Dixon Hall

Event: #Dixonlicious Fundraiser for Dixon HallWhen: Wednesday, March 29, 2017Where: Daniels Spectrum at 585 Dundas Street EastWhat: An evening of delicious food and beverage, musical entertainment, and a live and silent auctionWebsite: www.dixonhall.orgWhy: Proceeds support vital programs that provide food for people in needFor over 85 years Dixon Hallagency has served many people with support to many community organizations. With proceeds from fundraising events like #DIXONLICIOUS they are able to feed homeless individuals and isolated seniors and also provide help to in need youth. They provide funds for Out of the Cold programs, HIV/AIDS, Summer camps and more. They provided 66,000 meals to people in need last year. There is a growing need in this city as housing costs sky rocket and the gap between the rich and poor widens. Dixon Hall is there to lend a hand so it's very important for them to raise as much money as they can for their programs.I was very fortunate to attend their Dixonlicious 2017 event with some of my fellow Food Blogger friends. One of my friends has been to this event before but it was new for the rest of us and we are all eager to spread the word about the great things they do and the great event that brought together very generous people who wanted to help make it a successful event. Daniels Spectrum is a great venue and super easy to get to and reasonable parking underground too.

Photo by BKONTHESCENE (Mary, me, Natalie, Shuang)

It's always great to attend well organized events that happen to raise money to do good things. That's a WIN WIN for everyone.

There was live entertainment and a silent auction and a great bunch of Food Vendors and Wine and Beer vendors spread around the room. No bunching up in a crowd trying to get food. It was well laid out for mixing and mingling and sampling food and drink.

One of the notable dishes we all went crazy over was the Chili spring roll stuffed with cheesy goodness from Daniel et Daniel.

I was so full but they went back for seconds.

Hooked

We all really love it when the Hooked women are at all of these great Charity events because they bring delicious Oysters that are addictive.

And for the second day in a row we see our new Chef Friend Ricky Casipe from Hawthorne Food & Drink. Ricky is a guy you want to follow because not only does he make great food but he trains future food industry workers in his Restaurant and does a lot of catering at a lot of local charity events and festivals.

There was also Longos who provided Cannoli, and George Brown College who made a couple of different dishes. The Food Dudes made Macaroni and Cheese.

I don't know how much money they raised at the event but I hope it was a lot and I hope it brought some attention to help them receive more donations in the future.

If you can support them they have some great new ways to team up with your partner and be part of the Board of Directors with a say in what they do.

Please donate, volunteer or do whatever you can to help them out. Every little bit helps. I hope my little scribbles on this post inspire you to step up and do a bit of good for people that need a hand.